xx, 443 pages : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: Why we are debugging / Henry Lowood and Raiford Guins -- Achievements / Mikael Jakobsson -- Adventure / Nick Montfort -- Amusement arcade / Erkki Huhtamo -- Artificial intelligence / Rebecca E. Skinner -- Character / Katherine Isbister -- Classic gaming / Melanie Swalwell -- Code / Mark Sample -- Console / Raiford Guins -- Control / Peter Krapp -- Controller / Steven E. Jones -- Cooperative play / Emma Witkowski -- Culturalization / Kate Edwards -- Demo / Michael Nitsche -- Difficulty / Bobby Schweizer -- Educational games / Anastasia Salter -- Embodiment / Don Ihde -- Emulation / Jon Ippolito -- Fun / David Thomas -- Game art / Mary Flanagan -- Game audio / William Gibbons -- Game balance / David Sirlin -- Game camera / Jennifer deWinter -- Game culture / Renee H. Reynolds, Ken S. McAllister, and Judd Ethan Ruggill -- Game development / Katie Salen Tekinbasʹ -- Game engine / Henry Lowood -- Game glitch / Peter Krapp -- Games as a medium / Mary Flanagan

Genre / Mark J.P. Wolf -- Identities / Carly A. Kocurek -- Immersion / Brooke Belisle -- Independent games / John Sharp -- Intellectual property / Jas Purewal -- Kriegsspiel / Matthew Kirschenbaum -- Machinima / Jenna Ng -- Mechanics / Miguel Sicart -- Menu / Laine Nooney -- Metagame / Stephanie Boluk and Patrick LeMieux -- Modification / Hector Postigo -- Narrative / Marie-Laure Ryan -- Platform / Caetlin Benson-Allott -- Playing / Jesper Juul -- Perspective / Jacob Gaboury -- Procedurality / Eric Kaltman -- Role-play / Esther MacCallum-Stewart -- Save / Samuel Tobin -- Simulation / David Myers -- Toys / Jon-Paul C. Dyson -- Walkthrough / James Newman -- World building / Marcelo Alejandro Aranda

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